I've slugged a number of revolver barrels before loading and shooting lead projectiles in them...I know my 2 Mosins have seen much wear and tear and figured slugging is a good idea before I begin to load for them. I've watched several videos and read several articles on slugging the barrel using either a .310 rifle ball (sort of flattened a slight bit) or a sliding style fishing sinker..again sort of flattened a bit...and driving these into and through the barrell with short pieces of hardwood dowel, stacked on on top of each other till the slug drops out of the chamber.
Nothing to it...just the way I'd do with a pistol barrel... Then I read a bit further and find many warnings about using the hardwood dowel to drive the slug as it may splinter or split and create an almost un repairable mess with the wood pieces jammed into the slug and levered into the bore. With the revolvers I've slugged I've never had a problem as one single dowel about 8 inches long is all that's involved but I can see that 3 or 4 dowel pieces sort of stacked and being used as the driver could get jammed in, split and or crack and really get jammed in.
Please give me your thoughts based on what you might have done or experienced before I move into this process...I also see that one man bore "slugs" with melted candle wax for about 6" of rifling and a bit of the chamber and then gently taps the wax casting out of the bore and measures that...
I just would like to do things the simple way..
many thanks
opos